The Stars Shine Down

Author :Sidney Sheldon

Country :United States Language :English Genre Thriller Publisher :William Morrow Publication date:Oct 1992 Pages :400

Story Plot:

I can’t even begin to tell you how much I wanted to read this book. Sidney Sheldon novel, the Stars Shine Down , is on my favorites shelf. I adored everything about it. I put off reading 45 days because I was saving it for a day when I needed a really good book to read. I definitely set my expectations way too high for this one.The Stars Shine Down is the story of Lara Cameron, a self-made billionaire who had dominated the world of real estate—which, according to the book, is mostly dominated by men, as portrayed in other characters used in the story. My opinions on different aspects of the story vary as follows:

PROS:

Relating the title to some scenes in the story somehow—as silly as it may sound—gave me tears. This is the only book that had done that to me, Sheldon being the only author. “The stars shine down and watch us live our little lives and weep for us…”

In this story, Sidney had proven himself once again as a “Wizard of Words.” I admire authors who can actually write detailed sex scenes without being too vulgar. 5 Stars for that.

CONS:

The story of Lara being from rags to riches sounds a little impossible, more like a fairy-tale-type of story. But it’s Sidney’s story, so I give him that right to tell his story and develop characters any way he wanted to.

Some twists in the story were like fallacies. But that’s an element in thriller and suspense writing, innit?

The ending somehow didn’t leave a lasting impression to me. Or perhaps, I’ve expected something similar to Sidney’s “The Other Side Of Midnight.” It’s good though that Sidney made this one less tragic.

Overall:

I’d still give Sheldon 4 stars for this novel. He’s a wizard of words. I like his prose. Fantastic author. He’s the only author whose genre I despise yet can still entice me to read up to the very last page.